PLEASE CHOOSE (1) HIP HOP SONG THAT WAS PRODUCED DURING THE HIGH TIDE OF HIP HOP BETWEEN (1986 to 2000) . Too much duplication, I will deduct points and its important to stay within the timeline of songs. AND USE THE BELOW ANALYZING HIP HOP SONGS Check list as a guideline to evaluate your song choice in a well-organized paper of at least a 800 words. (Write it like a “college paper with paragraphs please) Your answer will be shared with the rest of the class so try to avoid too much song duplication (Please provide all MUSIC LINKS & WRITTEN SOURCES that you use to write your paper. YOU SHOULD USE THE CLASS READINGS & INFORMATION FROM CHANG & CANVAS TO HELP EXPLAIN THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN URBAN AREAS AND THE POLITICS )
1. What is the Song/film explicitly about and WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE LARGER U.S. SOCIETY? (Social conditions/politics at that time see readings & Power points to help)
2. What are the central issues and ideas raised as the plot or rhyme unfolds?
3. Who are the central characters and in the film/song and are their views fully developed or are they a stereotype or caricature?
4. What particular points of view are being expressed about race and racism? On ethnicity, gender,
family, social class, and other social issues? What other values and beliefs are being probed?
Whose or what point of view is being privileged (i.e., that is presented in an exclusive manner
or developed in a way to win audience identification with it).
5. How are these issues/ideas/viewpoints manifested on the individual, group, and community
levels in the song or film? How are individual characters in the film/song linked to family, small groups, and their community?
6. What relationship is there between the song or film’s content and the historical period in which it is made?
7. Is the song or film catering to the interests/prejudices of a particular audience or is it attempting to be more universal in its appeal?
8. Does the song or film attempt to cast light on social differences? Does it promote tolerance or
Intolerance of cultural diversity? What value judgments are being expressed?
9. Is there any expression of religious, ethnic, political, and class solidarity and for what aims?
10. How does the song or film define human nature? To what extent is human society portrayed as
predatory, competitive (Social Darwinist) or one based on cooperation, mutual respect, and
mutual aid?
11. If oppressive conditions exist for some of the song MCs or film’s characters, how is that oppression resolved?
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON ANALYZING HIP HOP CULTURE AND RESPOND BACK TACTFULLY TO OTHERS. NO FLAMING. The more responses the better.
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